Seat



Nov. I8, i924? W. F. GUBBINS SEAT Filwd April 14.

Patented Nov. 18, 1924.

WILLIAM F. GUBBINS, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEAT.

Appflcaton filed April 14, 1921.

Be it known that I, the undersigned, VIL- LIAM FB' Gt'BiNs. a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago', county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, of which the following is a specific-ation.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive seat, preferably made of fibrous material, such as strawboard, which can readily be folded; such folding being desirable both for the purpose of making it convenient to put the seat in the pocket of the owner, and for the purpose of preventing the ready use of the seat as a missile.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the preferred form of my seat in flat position; Fig. 2 is an end view of the seat shown in Fig. 1 along the edge marked by line 2-,2 in Fig. 1: Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the seat shown in Fig.' 1 in folded condition; Fig. 4 is an end view of the folded seat along the edge marked by line 4 4 in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an end view of a modified form of my seat, partially folded, and of a like seat turned upside down, shown in dotted outline, to indicate the manner in which seats of this particular kind can be readily packed; Fig. 6 is an end View of another modified form of my seat; and Fig. 7 is a top plan view of another modified forln of my seat.

Referring to the drawings: My seat, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 1, is preferably iliade of two layers 10 and 11 of thin fibre board with corrugated paper 12 interposed between them (as plainly shown in Fig. 2), cut square, with rounded corners (as shown in Fig. 1) and divided, into three parallel and substantially equal sections 13, 14 and 15, by cuts 16 and 17, cut 16 penetrating through layer 10 and corrugated paper 12 down to, but not. through, layer 11; and cut 17 penetrating similarly through layer 11 and corrugated paper 12. A seat made and cut in this manner can readily be folded as shown in Fig. 3; lVhen thus folded, its dimensions will ordinarily be about four inches wide and twelve inches long. It can, therefore, readily be placed ina coat pocket. But the cutting of thev seat which makes it foldable in this manner, serves another, even Serial No. 461,414.

more important, purpose. My seat is particularly designed for temporary use at baseball games, football games and similar occasions. It is well known that on the occasion of such games many people become violently excited, and will use most anything that happens to be handy, for throwing at the umpire, at some player, or at bystanders. A seat made of fibre, and not foldable, could be thrown with considerable accuracy and force and for a considerable distance. It would hence be objectionable to parties in control of baseball parks and similar institutions for the reason that they might be involved in damage suits, if they consented to the furnishing of such fibre seats to their patrons, in case persons should be hurt by such missiles. Such danger is practically eliminated by the cutting of the seats in the manner proposed by me, because if a seat, thus cut and folded, should be thrown, it would not remain flat, but would partially fold upon itself, and thereby offer such resistance to the air, that its flight would be deprived of accuracy, speed and force.

Fig. 5 shows a seat of the same general construction and shape as the one shown by me in Figs. 1 to 4, but with both of the cuts on the same side of the seat, while Fig. 6 shows a like seat with many parallel cuts on the same side of the seat. Either of these forms will be. as eHective as the form shown by Figs. 1 to 4., as far as prevention of accuracy and speed of flight is concerned, but the device shown in Fig. 5 cannot be completely folded atall, and the device shown in Fig. 6 must be rolled rather than folded, in order to bring it into compact size. Neither of these forms is as convenient as my preferred form for carrying it in a pocket.

Fig. 7 shows a` seat in which the cuts 18 and 19 are made at right angles to each other across the middle of the seat. Such al seat can of course be folded only along either one of the cuts, but when it is thrown, it. may fold up along either one of the cuts.

lVhile other materials might be used for the making of my seat than thin fibre boards with corrugated paper interposed between them, I have found this material to be the most desirable for the construction of my seat, for the reason that it combines great lightne with Acomparatively great resilienoy, and is an excellent non-conductor of heat 4and cold as Well as of such moisture as occasionally might be found oh bleachers and other supports in amusement parks and like places.

ln lieu of cutting my seat as described, so as to make it foldable, it might be creased for the same purpose. But cutting appears to give better results in most eases.

llt is manifest that the construction of my device might be altered in many other details, and that many equivalentslmight be substitute-d for ithe constructions described in the speollication and shown in the drawings. All such substitutes and equivalents l desire to cover by my claim.

l' claim:

A seat made of fibre sheets` with corrugated paper-filler interposed between such sheets, and divided by substantially parallel cuts, preferabl)v running at approximately right angles =to the corrugations, into several portions; each of said cuts penetrating one of the fibre sheets and the |corrugated filler, but not the other bre sheet; substantially as described.

TVM. F. GUBBINS. 

